Spring Budget Preparations Beset Frederick County Officials
County staff work long hours from April through June drafting the next year’s budget. Residents attend the public hearing to offer input on how funds should be allocated. The annual process mirrors the rites of spring and includes multiple meetings and rewrites at the county administration building.
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Rederick County
J.C. Renalds
Frederick County
Richard Madigan
Parks and Recreation
Parks and Recreation Department
J.C. Ronalds
Jim Boyd
Automakers Face Fines for Missing Fuel Standards Bill
Senate Commerce Committee backed a bill requiring a 21 mpg standard for 1980 and 28 mpg by 1985 with fines up to 100 dollars per car per mile per gallon shortfall plus a 350 million energy R D program and fuel economy stickers. If adopted, oil savings reach 2 million barrels daily by 1985.
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Washington
Senate Commerce Committee
Senate
Commerce Committee
Warren Magnuson
D-Wash
House
Ways and Means Committee
Ways and Means
Deliberation Expected In Williams Murder Trial
In Louisa County Circuit Court the jury in the murder case of Mrs. Ann Williams is expected to begin deliberations today. The defendant, 42, is accused of killing her husband William J. Williams 44, of Richmond during a Lake Anna camping trip on May 30, 1974. The Feb trial ended in a hung jury.
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Louisa
Louisa County
Ann Williams
Lake Anna
William J. Williams
Richmond
Chase City
Williams
Herbert Williams III
William B. Seay
Seay
Butcher Reelected Head of Winchester Citizens Assn
The Winchester Citizens Assn elected officers last night at the Sarah Zone Fire Hall. James E. Butcher was reelected president with H M Brooks and Robert Jones Jr. as vice presidents. Ole Flaherty was secretary and Ernie Srbith treasurer. The group voted to aid hospital-area residents if requested and reviewed zoning ordinance sections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester Citizens Assn
Winchester Memorial Hospital
James E. Butcher
Citizens’ Group
Sarah Zone
H.M. Brooks
Robert Jones Jr
Ole Flaherty
Ernie Srbith
Wendell L. Seldon
Butler Drive
William S. Keyton Sr
Transportation Committee
Senate takes up refugee aid and appropriation bills
The Senate considers authorization for a federal refugee resettlement program covering about 130 000 Vietnam and Cambodian refugees and funds for 14 months. Ford seeks rapid approval and says urgent aid is needed after Indochina events. Funds reimburse Defense for transport and care while agencies aid sponsors and relocate families.
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Washington
Senate
House
Ford
Indochina
California
Florida
Arkansas
Guam
Wake Island
Defense Department
Narrow rescue operation praised as eminent success
Pentagon officials credit a string of fortuitous events for the Tang Island Mayaguez mission's success. A fighter pilot spotted suspected captives, leadership scrambled to direct the operation from the Pentagon, and on-scene command coordinated Marine and air power to recover the crew without a full-scale disaster.
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Orr Kelly
Washington Star
Washington
U.S
Pentagon
Defense
James R. Schlesinger
Washington Time
Kom
David C. Jones
Air Force
National Military Command Center
George S. Brown
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Jones
Noel Gaylor
Pacific
Hawaii
John J. Burns
Utapao Air Force Base
Thailand
Mayaguez
Tang Island
Gulf of Thailand
Kompong Som
Song Tay
Hanoi
Phnom Penh
Saigon
Naval Service
Henry A. Kissinger
Koh Tang Island
Soviet Space City Leninsk dwarfs Cape Canaveral in scale
American astronauts report the Soviet Union is building a vast desert spaceport named Leninsk with a city of 50 000 and a launch complex three to four times larger than Cape Canaveral. They expect a joint U S Soviet flight in July docking Apollo and Soyuz to test common docking in orbit. The project aims for multiple manned flights yearly.
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Stafford
Russia
Apollo
Cape Canaveral
Soyuz
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Butcher
WCA
Liz Taylor
U.S. Navy
Leningrad
U.S.S
Jackie
New York
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
Jacqueline Kennedy
London Daily Express
Aristotle Onassis
Lake
Victoria
Africa
Australia
Murray- Darling
Snap and — Insurance Store
Bryarly & Louthan, Inc
Rouse Avenue
Winchester
Virginia
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